Girl Scouts was designed to be all about character building, developing leadership skills and oh-so-delicious Thin Mints. Unfortunately, a new report from INSIDER found that troop members – some as young as 7 – are being targeted by strangers over prices, calories, and a false link to Planned Parenthood.
Melissa Atkins Wardy told INSIDER that her daughter Amelia was harassed by a woman while going door-to-door selling cookies in Wisconsin.
“The lady took the cookie form and shoved it back into my daughter’s chest, and said, ‘I don’t support programs that support abortion,’” Wardy said. “And I was like, ‘Are you freaking kidding me? My kid is 7. She has no idea what you’re talking about.’ And so we left.”
Indu Rajan experienced similar harassment when her daughter was selling cookies in front of a Walgreens in Ohio. A woman came over and told the young trooper that she wouldn’t support Girl Scouts because of a supposed connection to Planned Parenthood. Rajan’s daughter “had no idea what she was talking about, and the adults were too shocked to respond.”
Girl Scout cookie season is upon us. But @girlscouts, and the women who lead their troops during cookie season, say that the organization’s tradition of face-to-face sales is…
